Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Willard, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook (open access)

Hame Hook

Patent for improved harness and trace connector.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Conn, Isaac D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon-Cabinet. (open access)

Ribbon-Cabinet.

Patent for a ribbon cabinet that is designed to display the different types of ribbon available.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Daniel, Robert O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes (open access)

Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes

Patent for door for mail boxes that can be quickly opened or closed by postal workers.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Calcote, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for a pipe grip that is formed out of two bars with two gripping surfaces forming two mechanical jaws.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Brown, Milo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Attachment (open access)

Plow-Point Attachment

Patent for an attachment for the point of a plow that protects the point from wear and tear, especially in soil that is sandy.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Trout, Calvin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 468, Chapter 217 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 468, Chapter 217

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the authority of the Collingsworth County Hospital District to take certain actions regarding district property.
Date: May 25, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918 (open access)

Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918

Patent for cutting cotton and maintaining it at a certain height. This can be mounted to different cultivators without any need of change or alteration.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Fletcher W. Vaughn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Foot (open access)

Cultivator Foot

Patent for a cultivator foot. This cultivator foot is designed to be a new kind of inexpensive, simple, and efficient cultivator foot.
Date: August 22, 1922
Creator: Dawson, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History